QuestionQ44

Performance-tuning, Optimization, and Upgrades

A customer wants to host a new set of applications with high-performance requirements, specifically low latency. The current vSAN platform uses ReadyNode hardware and a vSAN 7.0 U2 hybrid-topology configuration.

Which option would meet the customer's requirement?

  • A Deploy the application on a new cluster with vSAN 8.0 ESA using a new hardware design
  • B Deploy the new applications on the existing cluster with a RAID-6 VM storage policy and an additional stripe width of 4
  • C Deploy the application on a new cluster with vSAN 8.0 OSA using the existing hybrid configuration
  • D Perform an in-place upgrade from vSAN 7.0 U2 OSA to vSAN 8.0 ESA
Explanation

vSAN 8 Express Storage Architecture (ESA) is built for high performance and low latency with a single-tier pool of compatible NVMe flash devices. ESA requires hardware designed and certified for ESA, so deploying the workloads on a new vSAN 8 ESA cluster with a new hardware design meets the requirement. A hybrid Original Storage Architecture configuration cannot be converted to ESA through an in-place upgrade.

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